Chaco Leafcutter Ant

Atta vollenweideri

Hormiga Isaú

Family: Formicidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Other common names: Hormiga Cortadora.

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Atta vollenweideri, common name chaco leafcutter ant, is a species of leafcutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Atta. This species is from one of the two genera of advanced attines (fungus-growing ants) within the tribe Attini.

Colonies are made up of around 4-7 million individuals.

Source: Wikipedia, article Atta vollenweideri. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 15/07/2026.

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05/07/2026

11:56

Argentina

Santa Fe

Ruta sin nombrar, Sauce Viejo

Gustavo Fernando Durán